Wall mounted sheet holder

ABSTRACT

A wall mounted sheet holder comprises a mounting block carrying an adhesive layer on one face for fixing to the wall, and a holder unit including a plate formed at its upper end with a cutout or opening adapted to be received on the mounting block. The holder unit includes a hollow compartment having an inclined face, and a roller disposed within the compartment and guided by the inclined face to hold the sheet, when inserted into the compartment, between the roller and the plate. The sheet holder may include a plurality of the mounting blocks adapted to be fixed to the wall in spaced relationship, and at least two of the holder units each attachable to one of the mounting blocks to enable them to hold different size sheets.

United States Patent [191 Freed June 4,1974

1 1 WALL MOUNTED SHEET HOLDER [76] Inventor: Marvin J. Freed, 8 LevitonSt., Tel

Aviv, Israel 221 Filed: Sept. 12, 1972 21 Appl. No.: 288,316

[521 US. Cl. 248/316 R, 211/89 [51] Int. Cl A47f 5/08, A47f 7/16 [58]Field of Search 248/316 R, 316 A, 205 A;

12/1912 Switzerland 248/316 R Primary Examiner.1. Franklin FossAttorney, Agent, or Firm-Benjamin .1. Barish 5 7 ABSTRACT A wall mountedsheet holder comprises a mounting block carrying an adhesive layer onone face for fixing to the wall, and a holder unit including a plateformed at its upper end with a cutout or opening adapted to be receivedon the mounting block. The holder unit includes a hollow compartmenthaving an inclined face, and a roller disposed within the compartmentand guided by the inclined face to hold the sheet, when inserted intothe compartment, between the roller and the plate. The sheet holder mayinclude a plurality of the mounting blocks adapted to be fixed to thewall in spaced relationship, and at least two of the holder units eachattachable to one of the mounting blocks to enable them to holddifferent size sheets.

I 5 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures 1 WALL MOUNTED SHEET HOLDER BACKGROUND OFTHE INVENTION The present invention relates to wall mounted sheetholders, and particularly to the type of sheet holders including acompartment having an inclined face and a roller disposed within thecompartment and guided by the inclined face to hold the sheet.

A number of such sheet holders have been produced. One form includes anadhesive layer on the back face for mounting to the wall, but this formmay be used only with respect to small sized sheets. Moreover, once theholder is mounted to the wall, it is difficult, if at all possible, toremove same, which may be desirable to inspect the bundle of sheets heldby the holder or to move same to another location.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention providesa wallmounted sheet holder which may be conveniently attached to the wall at adesired location, and then conveniently removed with the sheets heldthereby, to facilitate examination of the sheets. If desired, theholdercan also be conveniently moved to another location. Another objectof the invention is to provide a holder which can be used for holdingdifferent sized sheets.

According to the invention, the novel holder comprises a mounting blockhaving a flat face for fixing to the wall, and a holder unitincluding aplate formed at its upper end with a cutout or opening adapted to bereceived on the mounting block. The latter opening extends through theplate and is of the same configuration as the mounting block. The holdermay thus be quickly attached onto the mounting block by merely aligningthe holder opening with the block and pressing the holder against theblock in the direction towards its flat mounting face, and may be asquickly removed from the block by merely pulling the holder in theopposite direction. The holder unit includes a housing member fixed tothe plate and defining a hollow compartment. The housing member isformed with an inclined face converging towards the plate from top tobottom, but spaced therefrom at the bottom to define a gap enabling anedge of a sheet to be inserted into the compartment. A roller isdisposed within the compartment and is guided by the inlcined face ofthe housing member to hold the sheet, when inserted into thecompartment, between the roller and the plate.

The mounting block carries an adhesive layer on the mentioned flat facefor fixing to the wall.

According to another feature, there are a plurality, at least three, ofthe mounting blocks adapted to be fixed to the wall in spacedrelationship, and at least two of the holder units each attachable andremovable from one of the mounting blocks, thereby enabling two hold-BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS I The invention is herein described,by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings,wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front plan view of the holder unit of a sheet holderconstructed in accordance with the inventron;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view along lines II-II of the holder unit of FIG.1;

FIG. 3 is a corresponding sectional view of the complete sheet holdermounted to a wall, the clamping roller being shown in its sheet-grippingposition;

FIG. 4 is a view corresponding to that of FIG. 3 but showing theclamping roller in its sheet-releasing positron;

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the rear face of the mounting block andholder unit;

FIG. 6 illustrates the use of a plurality (five) of the mounting blocksand two of the holder units for mounting different sized sheets.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT quickly attached to the mountingblock by placing the holder next to the wall with its opening 12 alignedwith mounting block 2, and then pressing the holder towards the walli.e., in the direction of the flat face 8 of the mounting block, so thatthe mounting block is received within the opening. If desired the sidesof the mounting block 2 may be tapered inwardly, from the wall mountedface to the opposite face, with the walls of the cutout 12 similarlytapered, to facilitate the application of the holder unit to themounting block. The holder may be just as conveniently removed bypulling same off the mounting block in the direction away from its fiatface 8.

. Holder unit 10 further includes a housing member 14 fixed to flatplate 10 and projecting inwardly thereof. Housing member 14 is formedwith a downwardly inclining top wall 16, a front wall 18, and a pair ofside walls 20 spaced from the flat plate 10 by means of slot 22. Frontwall 18 converges towards plate 10 from topto-bottom, and terminates inan inwardly inclined ledge 24 at the bottom spaced from plate 10 to forma gap 26. Front wall 18 of the housing member 14 is further formed witha central slot 28 at its lower portion.

Disposed within housing member 14 is a roller 30 which is guided by theinclined inner face of wall 18 and the end walls 20 to move by gravitytowards plate 10.

In use, the user merely inserts the sheet 6 into the bottom of thecompartment through gap 26 so that the top edge of the sheet liesbetween roller 30 and plate 10. The roller, being urged downwardly bygravity and being guided towards the sheet by the inclined face of frontwall 18 of the housing, engages and firmly clamps the upper edge of thesheet between it and plate 10, as

shown in FIG. 3.

To remove the sheet, the user need only raise roller 30 with his fingervia slot 28, whereby the sheet is released and may be removed.Alternatively, he may re- 3 move the sheet by pulling it sideways fromthe housing.

An important advantage of the present invention is the mountingarrangement including the mounting block 2 and the opening 12 formed onthe holder units 4. Thus, whenever it is desired to remove the holderfor inspection of the sheets held by it, this may be conveniently doneby slipping it off the mounting block; and whenever it is desired tochange the location of the note holder, it is only necessary to mount aseparate mounting block 2 at the new desired location, and transfer theholder unit 4 to that location.

Another advantage of the present invention is that it enables differentsized sheets to be conveniently held. This is particularly shown in FIG.6 wherein it will be seen that the holder includes five mounting blocks102 fixed to the wall in any desired spaced relationship, and two holderunits 104 which are conveniently attachable to selective ones ofthemounting block. Thus if a wide sheet is to be held, two holder units104 are mounted on two widely spaced mounting blocks, and if a narrowersheet is to be held they are mounted on more closely space mountingblocks.

Many other modifications, variations and applications of the illustratedembodiment will be apparent.

What is claimed is:

l. A wall mounted sheet holder, comprising: a mounting block having aflat face for fixing to the wall, a holder unit including a plate formedat the upper end with an opening therethrough of the same configurationas the mounting block so as to be quickly attachable thereon by merelyaligning the holder opening therewith and pressing same in the directiontowards the said flat face, the holder being as quickly removable fromthe mounting block by merely pulling same thereoff in the oppositedirection, said holder unit further including a housing member fixed tosaid plate and defining a hollow compartment therewith, said housingmember including an inclined face converging towards said plate from topto bottom thereof but spaced therefrom at the bottom to define a gapenabling an edge of a sheet to be inserted into said compartment, and aroller disposed withinsaid compartment and guided by said inclined faceof the housing member to hold the sheet, when inserted into saidcompartment, between the roller and the plate.

2. A holder as defined in claim 1 wherein said mounting block and saidopening of the holder plate are both of rectangular shape.

3. A holder as defined in claim 1, wherein said mounting block carriesan adhesive layer on said fiat face thereof for fixing to the wall.

4. A holder according to claim 1, wherein said housing member is formedwith a slot at its lower portion for manually raising said roller torelease the held sheet.

5. A holder as defined in claim 1, wherein there are at least three ofsaid mounting blocks adapted to be fixed to the wall in spacedrelationship, and wherein there are at least two of said holder unitseach attachable and removable from one of the mounting blocks to enabletwo holder units to hold different sized sheets.

1. A wall mounted sheet holder, comprising: a mounting block having aflat face for fixing to the wall, a holder unit including a plate formedat the upper end with an opening therethrough of the same configurationas the mounting block so as to be quickly attachable thereon by merelyaligning the holder opening therewith and pressing same in the directiontowards the said flat face, the holder being as quickly removable fromthe mounting block by merely pulling same thereoff in the oppositedirection, said holder unit further including a housing member fixed tosaid plate and defining a hollow compartment therewith, said housingmember including an inclined face converging towards said plate from topto bottom thereof but spaced therefrom at the bottom to define a gapenabling an edge of a sheet to be inserted into said compartment, and aroller disposed within said compartment and guided by said inclined faceof the housing member to hold the sheet, when inserted into saidcompartment, between the roller and the plate.
 2. A holder as defined inclaim 1 wherein said mounting block and said opening of the holder plateare both of rectangular shape.
 3. A holder as defined in claim 1,wherein said mounting block carries an adhesive layer on said flat facethereof for fixing to the wall.
 4. A holder according to claim 1,wherein said housing member is formed with a slot at its lower portionfor manually raising said roller to release the held sheet.
 5. A holderas defined in claim 1, wherein there are at least three of said mountingblocks adapted to be fixed to the wall in spaced relationship, andwherein there are at least two of said holder units each attachable andremovable from one of the mounting blocks to enable two holder units tohold different sized sheets.